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  • I met him after a show in June, he is hands down one of the nicest guys I have ever met. He is just a person like the rest of us, I was on stage the entire time for my show that I attended, he is a true inspiration, his music is just pure joy and is impossible to recreate, I can't even begin to tell you how many times I have tried mashing songs and it comes out terrible, he is a god at what he does and gives his all at every show. This is also the BEST bootleg I have ever listened to.

  • I use to play with Traktor Scratch (with LP`s as timecodes) and think it doesn`t matter wich kind of equipment you have....what is really important is if you can surprise and present something that touchs people...move the crowd is the point, not if you use turntable, cdj, or whatever....just my point of view ;-)

  • And he's up on stage moving crowds of thousands while you sit at home watching him, envying him and thinking of "clever" things to say to show everyone he really "has no talent." Fuckin losers

  • Everyone who thinks Girl Talk suck go try and do what he does. It is one of the most difficult things you will ever attempt. So much respect for this guy

  • My comments are directed towards the wedding dj with down syndrome onstage who thinks he's doing something other than copywright infringement. Wedding dj'd.

  • just a disgrace that people watch this guy live. everybody put two hand in the air, gimme a break kid. you rip off music on a shitty program and just match the keys. You are just horrible and proof that the losers who eat it up have no musical background, taste, or intellegence whatsoever. Please pick up an instrument you peice of garbage. Go back to turntableing in your moms basement.

  • @bcp5296d "pick up an instrument"? How about you pick up a goddamn dictionary before you start insulting others' intelligences?

  • Press play, rock out. sick concert bro

  • for anyone discreditting him because he doesn't wear headphones, pull your turntables out of your ass. you're right, he doesnt. BUT he does have two full size monitors on both sides of his head about a foot away, which i'm pretty sure you can hear even louder than any headphones. also, with how much he jumps and runs around and interacts with the crowd, it would be counterproductive for him to be hardwired to a computer. find a brain and use it

  • @seaniswaytoocool32 HAHA, just hilarious dude. it would be counterproductive to not be able to make music that sounds any good, so you buy a stupid computer program, press play when you want another song to come on (which has been maybe equalized to change key...and thats it. My 13 year old sister could do it better. You are a disgrace to the music industry and you should just stop please. I'll pay you.

  • @bcp5296d oh man, you sure showed me! even though for some reason your comment was directed towards me, I'm not girl talk nor do dj in any way. i was just explaining that he has monitors, so he wouldn't need headphones. i actually play real instruments, and in a band, you use monitors, because headphones would look retarded and i was just explaining that to people. But you really shit talked me good on that irrelevant rant that didn't specifically target anything i actually said! congrats!

  • I wouldn't care if all he did was push play on a playlist. Once he enters the room it's a fucking party and a half.

  • girl talk is a cheap hand job in a back alley.  quick, efficient, cheap. but of zero substance whatsoever. and kinda makes you feel gross.

  • i wouldnt care if he made it with an avacado... an icepick.... and a snorkel.. i would still listen to it!

  • @NateDawawg420 that is the best reply on you tube

  • He is the Ashton Kutcher of the dj poseur pop noise world.

  • @markmmarks OK look dude, if you have one single ounce of musical talent, then put it on YouTube to shut me up. We all want to see your amazing ability to DJ and mix or play an instrument. Otherwise you suck and Girl Talk is worldclass. Gregg Gillis (Girl Talk DJ) can mix and create and innovate with the best of them. Awesome!!! Love it.

  • @colton422 OK look girltalkgirl--I possess massive musicality yet I have no need to prove fuckall. Moreoso as much you may wish to suck me--no. If girltalk is worldclass, you must leave the backwaters and expose yourself to global culture, true talent, acquired skills, and good taste. Any stoner can mix AC/DC to Pilot to Zasu (wow-what an underwhelming concept) and jerk around like an aroused Richard Simmons. Now go.

  • This guy is something else. I mean that in the best way possible. Fucking A.

  • @toucansam - I love girl talk but he uses ableton live.... it really requires no skill... where girl talk becomes awesome is the samples he chooses... he has an outstanding ear. That being said... it is just him pressing play. ableton auto syncs and pitch adjusts. he has certain playlists mapped out and just chooses one that he wants to play. then he integrates different samples into that. the program does all the work. he just has a very good ear

  • @sunburntsaint yep, your right

  • I really wish you tube would turn the comments off so everyone would have to keep there idiotic opinions to themselves!!! Shut up

  • exactly do some x and go see girl talk......u wont regret it!

  • overated,,bunch of kids on x,,it makes you move when your fucked up and havin fun but c'mon get real

  • NERD

  • I am so mad at myself. I was right up front for Phoenix and left early cause I was exhausted. I look back and wish I wasn't such a pussy and stuck it out. Damnit!

  • Girl talk is free

  • to everyone that is hating. have you ever been to one of his LIVE shows. Regardless of the extent in which he "just pushes play" I don't know but I can assure you he doesn't play the same songs as on his C.D's they are all tweaked and changed around. That was a bit of a side point more importantly his shows are fun. really really fun.

  • i dont care what any of you fuckers say i was standing a few feet back from where this person was standing and this was one of the best nights of bonnaroo 09 !!!!!!

  • That moron who down there who said girl talk plays live mash ups is a retard. Ive lost repect for this guy because he just presses play. there is nothing live about him . . matter of fact his mash ups arent that great. Check out the dude called The Milkman. free cds, free music

  • He uses a program called audio mulch to put the samples together, you really dont know what your talking about and should just shut your mouth before I fuck it.

  • yeah he makes these mash ups . . cool. i was referring to his live performances, where he doesnt do anything special. thanks and shut the fuck up

  • @jkstearn you clearly have no idea wtf you're talking about.

  • this dude is known for pressing play at his shows, theres nothing magical about his "LIVE" performances. if you can show me a vid of him orchestrating these "live mash ups" are done on the set of a concert than you got a point. til then your a retard idiot who definitely did not understand what the fuck i was saying. He is good at making music in the studio, but as a performer this guy blows as much dick as you do.

  • lol if u can't enjoy girltalk liv, u probably got sand in your vagina. who the fuck cares about the technicalities, no expects that shit from him, go to a dave clarke or richie hawtin set if your expecting soemthing like that. girl talk always puts up a show

  • @jkstearn oh no! big scary internet gangster!! just because you insult people doesnt make your statements any more true. you are wrong about his live shows and i dont need to PROVE IT. i already know what the facts are and you are just coming off like a 12 year old who likes to scream at the top of his lungs so everyone will hear what he has to say. get over yourself.

  • @highpriestgrundler yo deuschebag, im 22 educated and ive been to a lot of fucking shows, I was voicing my opinion, but its clear that your the fucking idiot by insisting that Im some internet gangster... am i talking shit? no, i was making point. So shut the fuck up, go talk shit about somebody that has the same brain capacity as your retarded ass. Thanks.

  • @jkstearn

    "am i talking shit? no, i was making point" what point did you make exactly? was it "as a performer this guy blows as much dick as you do?" perhaps this gem perfectly demonstrates your illustrious grammar skills -- "til then your a retard idiot" nice attempt at trying to come off as a remotely intelligent person. you just continue looking like a bigger and bigger fool.

  • @jkstearn

    also, just keep responding because you're pathetic and have nothing better to do other than insult people on a comment thread for a video of an artist you apparently dont even like. what a loser.

  • @jkstearn dude you're a tool

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  • @jkstearn

    No DJ plays live mashups.

  • @jkstearn his samples are precut but his mashups are live .. and girl talk's stuff is free also

  • that is lame!

  • Dj's play songs, Girl Talk creates mashups live, there is a difference.

  • @ticktickBlom their all pre made. all he does is have to start the next song.

  • The samples are already cut up, he puts them together live.

  • @all.

    Hi guys :) can i come into the conversation :D

  • girl talk isn't for party pooperssss -yaknow?

  • nah it's for ditzy tasteless children, enjoy!

  • So its a dance party with a dj.. whats wrong with that?

  • RANT

    1 He mixes this live, he doesn't just "press play." All of his shows are different

    2 This is more than simply mixing two songs together, as with turntable setups. Gregg samples from as many as 5 songs at the same time

    3 Yes he uses a computer. there's no other set up capable. And it's still not easy, you deal with matching pitch and chords along with syncing the beat and keeping your samples from conflicting.

    Your dumb negative comments just show your close mind and lack of musical taste

  • He dosen't do more then press play when he needs to start the next mash-up

  • @toucansam999 he makes sure all the beats sync beforehand when he's chopping the loops up but other than that I agree wholeheartedly!

  • @toucansam999 Okay, sorry to ruin your dreams, but the fact that he doesn't wear headphones is in instant clue that he doesn't mix his tunes live. He may cue scenes live, but he definitely isn't beat matching and mixing live. He doesn't even use controllers from what I can see so he's not doing as much work as you think.

  • @andynator1000 you ruined my dreams!!! you're sorta right, beat and pitch matching is done with Ableton Pro, which happens live.

  • @toucansam999 no. It's all premixed.

  • @andynator1000 haha ok, if you say so. I'm out of my Girl Talk phase, so I don't really care. Midnight in a Perfect World?

  • @toucansam999 you're*

  • @toucansam999 If this is an attempt to say he's doing anything at all on stage thats worth a crp you failed miserably. I love how DJs think they are artists. Its called a prerecorded remix and it gets real old real quick. This guy is the musical equivalent to a wedding DJ.

  • @toucansam999 not trying to argue but he practices this shit right? its not like he just comes up with this in a snap. its like producing a beat with all the layers in mind but performs it live. im not discrediting his ear in music. id give him that tho.

  • @toucansam999 well put.

  • @toucansam999 and he has to remember to keep up with the show, so not only is he doing all that....but he's doing it while jumping around. I gotta give him a toat load of props for how talented he is on and off the stage :)

  • @trojan&brwnluva. You rookies have obviously never touched turn tables or actually stepped backed to think of the actual music being made here. This man takes old rock/pop songs, from the last 2 generations...yeah 2, and creates SEAMLESS beats that sound good. (Look up seamless)... sounds easier than it actually is. F a stupid computer, it takes a special kinda ear to mix raw ass rap tunes with old school classics. Stop hatin' and start creatin' if this music is so simplistic.BUT U PROB WONT

  • @MrChieferton Girl Talk doesn't use turntables.

  • OH WOW HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • if aliens came to earth and this is the first thing that they saw, what would they think of us...

  • that we are fun as fuck!

  • Who cares? The shows are fun as shit

  • exactly what i was going to say

  • @stickyfreshpurp420 dude, aliens go to Bonnaroo every year to party!

  • wats the first song

  • yo..what ever happend to the real d.j.'s??!!! wheres the f*ckin turn tables!!! try remixin that and keepin it hot!..my thirteen year old hacker cuzin can do this shit in his sleep..thank you windows media music mixer haha

  • This is SO much more than windows media mixer. You are so ignorant.

  • quicktime video application too??

  • Make a mashup and post it here you fucking piece of shit. If you'd like to see the mash ups that my friends and I make. Here you go watch?v=LuUA_AzKOuc. you couldn't make something nearlyyyyy as good as that.

  • lol..whoa..whoa..easy there luke..the cussin gets you no where, except more upset about nothing you can do about..its youtube..your computer is the one that is suffering from all the hard key strikes your giving it..haha..if it breaks, maybe you should get the same laptop your lady Girl talk has..all those bomb ass concerts he has looks like it takes a beating too...lol saran wrap sold separately...judging by your comment, i guess ur an aspiring tool that mixes on your laptop too huh

  • LOLOLOLOL hahahahahahaha

  • try doing what he does with a turntable.

    its impossible.

    and your cousin couldn't do anything near this.

    Gregg is a genius.

  • its a freakin laptop he's bouncing around!! its not even a real instrument. he takes songs that are already made and mashes them together at his house before the actual concert!.. he is not even mixing it there..he could press play and walk off the stage lol..

  • the goal of music is to make something that sounds good.

    the complexity of how music is made has no relation to the quality. in short, girl talk sounds fucking good and i dont give a fuck how he made it.

  • fucking right boarder! i totally fuckin agree..u must be a scholar man.."the complexity of how music is made has no relation to the quality"..damn that was intense..i stand corrected..that must be real chronic you hittin son!

  • are you kidding me the computer is doing all the fucking work i mean what the point ??

  • @TrojanNinja24 Whats the difference whether he does it on a computer or on turntables. I'm not saying that one is better than the other, turntables are more difficult yes, but on the computer you can create insanely difficult sounding songs (such as he does) that were impossible with pieces of technology when there were just turntables. As long as it makes the audience wanna shake their ass I have no problem with the music.

  • @FIFAMAN07C3 my friend if you wana see a a true artist using a computer Doing what its called Live Pa search guy gerber and you will see that its not the same as girl talk

  • That's not even true. He takes a library of songs and mixes them on the spot on stage. every concert is different.

  • The beat was sporadic in places. That's what it was. It didn't have consistent flow in places.

    That's how it was. The was the beat comes is the way the beat comes. If you enjoy it or not is up to your own interests,but commenting on the beat was a simple observation.

    Thank god there are so many small headie fests out there with good music still

  • this was the BEST show that night and tht weekend. roo '10!!

  • OH man, dumbest post yet. Best show of the night? IT wasn't even good.

    Crystal castles, phish, pl, and all the other bands that night were so much worse than the amazing self proclaimed girl talk.

    This should stay at parties, or different types of festivals, well roo is a different type i guess. Completely catering to everything mainstream. Some good band ini the lineup thats why i went but girl talk was at the bottom of the list.

    Gimmicks don't count toward quality of the music.

  • chek out my site for more cool girl talk videos from bonnaroo, rothbury, and summer camp 09

  • my fave late night bonnaroo show ever! i danced my ass off!!!!!!!! girl talk i wanna see u back @ the roo in 2010!

  • I was there though. You can argue that I didn't like the songs he was playing and you did. That's not the point that's opinion.

    When I was watching, he couldn't keep the beat steady. You need a steady beat to go to.

    That was half the problem at least.l

  • you must be one of the metallica gearheads from last year. faggot.

  • Your an idiot. He couldn't keep a straight beat, i was there. Wtf does that have to do with metallica? Metallica blows.

    I only went this year for phish and moe. being there, and some other bands.

    PLs set was way better than girl talk. Just because the crowd was going nuts doesn't mean the mix was any good.

    Girl talk was drunken college party, lots of noobs. Great party if you dont care about the music.

    Pretty lights was way better. And way to jump to calling people names. youtube kiddies

  • This makes perfect sense. Why would people be happy and crazy excited about good music? BECAUSE IT WASN'T GOOD MUSIC.

    Your logic changes the world, use it wisely.

  • I know, i just have bad taste in music. I like to listen to music i could enjoy sober. I like the beat to stay consistent not sporadic.

    I go where the better music is regardless of who's there.

    what is wrong with me? bonnaroo is turning into a joke. I mean there's some good band and cool people, but it just isn't a mellow fest

  • jamfag detected

  • Jamfag?hahaha, what is even supposed to mean?

  • I was there too, dumbass. I think there are other mash up artists that are better, and I think the Pretty Lights concert was better, but to say he can't keep a beat and that he sucks is just plain fucking retarded.

  • His voice reminds me alot of MC Chris

  • Fuck yes! That show was soooo fucking it!!!! Best experience EVER!

  • omg bonnaroo... i miss you so much, this show was SOOOOOO tight. i remember it like it was yesterday.

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  • what album is that first song he starts off with....? or is that new?

  • It's a sample of AC/DS's "Thunderstruck." Another version of that section is on the final track of "Feed the Animals."

  • It's a reconfiguration of a bit featuring AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" that he has at the end of Feed the Animals. Like it a lot more in this version, don't you?

  • i was the fourth person on the stage!! i was upfront for EVRYTHING that day!! crystal castles and girltalk wer worth it!!!! not so much pheonix....

  • Girltalk @ RIT can't wait!

  • When is this?! There isn't a date up on the GT myspace.

  • the oakenfold show was ...spirtual to say the least...ive been waiting 10 years to see him...i saw girltalk 2 years ago..mad kudos...just not to be confused with a legend!

  • you should go to vegas! oakenfold has a residency at the palms. Perfecto every saturday night at rain!  it's rediculous!

  • you obviously have never been to bonnoroo

  • wow, no. it was amazing!!

  • man i was there for this like 30 ft behind the camera when it starts it was the best rave besides oakenfold and hood internet

  • word, oakenfold was wild... even if i was worn out from Phish

  • i was on ex at this show. i couldnt stop dancing. and grinding with trashy girls. awesome show

  • if you can successfully mix metallica and lil jon, you are DAMN good

  • That's just not true

  • @BassBeast42 Yeah. Too bad it didn't sound good lol! Don't get me wrong. Girl Talk is the king, but that mashup sucked haha.

  • i was there. best shit ever.

    missed pretty lights because of it.

    he used "for the love of god" by damien hirst on the background for all his little videp/

    it was sooo bad ass/

  • I wish i was that guy at 1:35 lol That's probably the closest il ever be at pumping up a crowd lol

  • Uhh, you know that was Greg right? Aka Girl Talk? :)

  • I was one of the ones that got pushed over the railing. I danced like 15 feet away from him for like ever, til I thought I was going to pass out. This was by far one of the best best best shows at Bonnaroo. The energy was insane, &the people were incredible.

  • could not believe this set...fucking amazing party... caught some of Oakenfold... sick, but was just too tired

  • oh man oakenfold played till 730 am. that was a great show too lol

  • Pretty Lights show was so much better!!!!!

  • I was at this, this video makess the set look weak as hell.

  • this was by far the best time i had at roo then after girl talk oakenfold it was fucking amzing!!! cant wait for bonnaroo 2010

  • Hell yea!!! i was up front for girltalk and then kept dancing till 7 a.m to Oakenfold. it was amazing i want to be back now!

  • its all about oakenfolds 3 encores. fuck yeah im glad u were there for it

  • Check out pretty lights sometime. That was def the best choice of those 3. Great flowing beat. Nice samples. Drummer kept the beat perfectly through the whole set.

    Good light show. Def was the place to be. Still don't understand how people were raging that much to girl talk. I stuck with pretty lights. It was about the music for me. And i had a much better time dancing to a legit beat.

    Girl Talk, self hyper/overrated

  • It was crazy over there. Topless crowd surfers. Lots of girls ragin. Tons of people goin nuts.

    Best party atmosphere of the late night sets.

    Unfortunately his stuff wasn't really good at all, and the dude couldn't even hold a beat.

    I wanted to check him out, was really disappointed. It was pretty weak.

    Not talking about the crowd, crowd was awesome.

    But with pretty lights less than 100 yards away, i made the right choice spending most of the night there. Okenfold was good too.

  • man this video makes the performance look weak as hell, i guarantee you shit was 1,000 times wilder then watch this video shows

  • I agree this is one of the worst videos of his live performances I have ever saw

  • I agree you hardly know how to speak english.

  • I don't know how to speak proper english???? Excuse me for not proof reading my comments 'saw' should be 'seen'

  • Check out our Girl Talk footage taken from his show in Providence. We're using it in our new reality show pilot, help us get it on TV by commenting and subscribing!

  • Dancing in Nasa Spacesuits @ Girltalk! Awsome!

  • haha i saw you!

  • pretty lights was better than both gt and oak and gets better everytime i see em. this was first time ive seen him w the drummer

  • That show was so crazy, I left because i had no room to dance haha!!!! Paul Oakenfold and Pretty Lights were at the same time. All three shows were great!

  • Fuckkkk YEAHHHH!!! GIrl Talk was the shitttttt... I was one of the LuckY Ones who got up on Stage!!! Domination Bitches!!!

  • ME TOO!!!!!!!!! I lost my umbrella but i don't care cause that shit was insane!!! BEST CONCERT I"VE EVER SEEN!!! And i truly feel sorry for the people who can't handle the high energy level needed to enjoy the girl talk show.. you really missed out on a great experience.

  • sorry just not a fan of gt, oakey is much more epic, everyone has music preference

  • oakey? are you talking about Paul Oakenfold? are you kidding me? First of all, Oakenfold sucks, always has. Secondly, you can't compare these two. Its like comparing Slayer to Tony Bennett.

    (Is Oakenfold still around? I mean, really, have you not updated your musical tastes in THAT long?)

    But as you stated, everyone has a preference, and I am sorry I came off so harsh.

  • sorry i just don't like girl talks rap mashups, shits retarded, I hate rap / hip hop

  • Fair enough but Oakenfold has always been awful except for a few decent years in the mid/late 90's. Sasha/Digweed are superior.

  • oakenfold was at roo and played at the same time as GT. thats why they are being compared....

  • Yes I understand that after the fact. I guess I just haven't heard of Oakenfold since the 90's and couldn't believe he was still still getting such billing considering he was always average and over rated from the beginning. and I'd like to state that I don't think Girl Talk is the greatest DJ. I just think anybody is more interesting then any trance DJ.

  • people need to understand that a dj like oakenfold doesn't stick to one genre, plays minimal tracks by himself ( which is key, oakey has a bunch of bullshit albums lately) and in my eyes plays what the crowd wants to here...paul obviously didn't just stick to trance music because he played benny benassi's rhcp-otherside house remix

  • Oaks ripped it up dude... Guy played a set til 6 in the morning.....

    yah that was the worst part of Roo all 3 great techno shows were on at once!

  • He just takes any/every kind of song and mixes them together, songs that dont go good 2gether, it's awful mish mash, i noticed at bonnaroo most of the fans were like young so i guess Girl Talk is just the trendy thing t go for. Paul Oakenfold amazing! but if you're not into trance/electronic/drum'n'bass/­raver scene, just trendy mainstream poop i can see how ppl would like Girl Talk....girl talk...yuck.

  • holy shit

    girl talk

    is fucking so rad

    fuck haters

  • As per the Oakenfold/Girl Talk debate, I stopped by both shows, and... while this guy doesn't exactly have a lot of talent in a traditional sense, like playing an instrument or whatever, he did put on a much more entertaining show. Oakenfold was pretty weak, every song has the same formula. Cut out the bass, then the mids, then all but the most irritating of treble, then drop it all back at once so everyone can stop plugging their ears and start dancing again. Really formulaic.

  • This is SOOOOOO gay!

  • paul oakie whoo????????? Girl FUCKING Talk

  • im going to cry reading all this shit...i miss it so much :(

  • me too lol

  • The show was so chaotic he had to stop the set and tell people to chill the fuck out.

  • best show ever.

  • oakenfold was playing same time as this show

    10x better in my opinion, search for it

  • who would watch this cheese when you oakenfold is playing.....

  • oakenfolds set SUCKED. there were like 3 people in that tent.

  • i was there right up front! i have a vid of his last song, that show was pure insanity haha.

  • one of the highlights for me this year

  • EVERYONE SUPPORT GIRL TALK........ go to his website, get his CD for free, then DONATE!!!!

    Also, Ive been to one of his shows in Chicago when he was on tour, and EVERY SHOW is just like this one!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Dude i didn't even know about this act, amazing wow amazing ROOOOOOOOOOO!

  • I was there! It was great!

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  • hahaha i got soooooooooo crunk at girltalk at bonnaroo it was my favorite show helll yeahhhh thx for uploading

  • ur soooooo cooooll mann

  • bonnaroo 09 best time of my life

  • Un fucking believeable!!!!!